One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session 12:54 P.M. TUESDAY, October 26, 2021
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Vos in the chair.
Representative Steineke asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
The prayer was offered by Rabbi David Cohen of Congregation Sinai in Fox Point.
Representative Rozar led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, August, Baldeh, Behnke, Billings, Born, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dallman, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Horlacher, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Petersen, Plumer, Pope, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Steineke, Stubbs, Summerfield, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Speaker Vos - 95.
Absent with leave - Representatives Petryk, Spreitzer, Subeck and Tauchen - 4.
Vacancies - None.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Vorpagel asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Petryk and Tauchen. Granted.
Representative Hesselbein asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Spreitzer and Subeck. Granted.
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Leaves of Absence
Representative Hesselbein asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Moore Omokunde and L. Myers. Granted.
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Amendments Offered
hist142656Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 36 offered by Representative Kitchens. hist142660Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 250 offered by Representative Spiros. hist142657Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 296 offered by Representative Loudenbeck. hist142692Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 520 offered by Representative Dittrich. hist142640Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 598 offered by Representative Mursau. hist142655Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 604 offered by Representatives Dallman and Loudenbeck. _____________
Communications
October 26, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist142970Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 90, relating to proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin. hist142964Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 493, relating to certification of abortion providers under the Medical Assistance program. hist142966Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 593, relating to informed consent regarding a certain abortion-inducing drug regimen and reporting requirements for induced abortions. hist142968Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 594, relating to congenital condition educational resources. hist142969Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 71, relating to proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin. Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 503, relating to certification of abortion providers under the Medical Assistance program.
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 591, relating to informed consent regarding a certain abortion-inducing drug regimen and reporting requirements for induced abortions.
hist142967Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 592, relating to congenital condition educational resources. Sincerely,
DAVID STEFFEN
State Representative
4th Assembly District
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October 26, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist142913Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 651, relating to allowing a parent to change a minor child's name when the other parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses. Sincerely,
CHUCK WICHGERS
State Representative
83rd Assembly District
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October 26, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 71, relating to proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin.
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 90, relating to proclaiming October 2021 to be Right to Life Month in Wisconsin.
hist142983Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 16, relating to requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty. hist142982Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 6, relating to requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty. hist142984Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 70, relating to designating June 2021 as Pollinator Awareness Month in Wisconsin. hist142999Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 595, relating to sex-selective, disability-selective, and other selective abortions and providing a penalty. hist143000Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 593, relating to sex-selective, disability-selective, and other selective abortions and providing a penalty. Sincerely,
DAVID MURPHY
State Representative
56th Assembly District
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Calendar of Tuesday, October 26
Special Guests
Speaker Vos and the entire membership of the Assembly honored Wisconsin’s First Responders with a Hometown Hero Award from almost every Assembly District. Chief Clerk Blazel introduced the women and men who were present for today’s ceremony.
District Recipient
1 Mike Neal, Conservation Warden, DNR
2 Brett Jansen, Lieutenant, De Pere Fire Department